THE Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, has ordered an investigation into the allegations against a senior police officer, ASP Cosmas Ezeofor (a.k.a Tam Tam) presently serving at the SCID Yaba, for allegedly sending a man to prison after snatching his wife and collected Fourteen Million Naira (N14,000,000.00) Mercedes Benz GLK in Lagos State.
P.M.EXPRESS reports that the complainant, Vincent Okoloneli, got married to his wife, Onyinye Angela Anaka, 12 years ago and the union was yet to be blessed with the fruit of the womb due to some medical conditions as she was unable to get pregnant.
According to embittered Vincent Okoloneli, apart from ASP Ezeofor snatching his wife, he ensured that he destroyed his marriage. Thereafter, he conspired with Onyinye and confiscated his Mercedes Benz SUV worth Fourteen Million Naira as a bribe for bail and later sent him to prison to die.
Following the petition to IGP Egbetokun by the complainant, the IGP directed his Monitoring Unit at the Lagos Annex led by the Commander, ACP O.M. Oladeinde, to investigate the alleged conduct by ASP Cosmas Ezeofor.
It was gathered that the IGP Monitoring Unit has effected the arrest of ASP Cosmas Ezeofor and he is being interrogated over his alleged unprofessional conduct at State CID, Panti, over confiscation of a Mercedes Benz GLK, gold chain, and other properties belonging to Vincent on the order of his estranged wife.
In the petition to the IGP sighted by P.M.EXPRESS from a human rights organisation,
Ambassadors of Peace and Enlightenment Foundation (AMPEF), led by Comrade Prince Saviour Iche, to stand justice on its head, ASP Ezeofor arrested Vincent Okoloneli as ordered by Onyinye Angela Anaka on an allegation of theft proven to be false as the couple during the course of marriage had acquired properties with joint resources.
The petition is hereunder reproduced
“Conduct Of Conspiracy, Torture, Intimidation, Forceful Confiscation Of Mercedes Benz GLK 2013, Gold Chain And Other Properties Belonging To Mr Vincent Okoloneli By Onyinye Angela Anaka and ASP Cosmas Emeka Ezeofor (a.k.a Tam Tam) of State CID Panti, Lagos For Demand For N1m Bail Bond Over False Allegations Against Okoloneli.
“Ambassadors of Peace and Enlightenment Foundation (AMPEF) -Voice of The Voiceless) – is standing as an advocate for the rights of one Mr. Osita Vincent Okoloneli, who was supposedly intimidated, harassed and dehumanized by a police officer serving at the State CID Panti, ASP Cosmas Emeka Ezeofor (aka Tam-Tam) of D16 Section over failure to meet N1m bail condition.
“Our client, Mr Osita Vincent Okoloneli, has marital issues with his estranged wife, Mrs Onyinye Angela Anaka, who upon investigation is the recent dating partner of the ASP Cosmas Ezeofor.
“Mr and Mrs Okoloneli (couple in dispute) had business transactions involving a rented property on Lagos Island, which had led to an ensuing dispute between the husband and the wife.
“During the unsettled money dispute between the couple, the wife left home without communicating reasons to her husband but came back three months later to destroy marriage photographs and demanded from our client, her husband, to vacate the said apartment for her alone to occupy.
“Mr. Vincent Okoloneli heeding to advice of in-laws and immediate families kept mute all through this period of rancour, which infuriated his wife, Mrs. Onyinye Angela, further leading to a return of her bride price by her family to finally dissolve the marriage.”
“The threats, confiscation of assets, and strange cars bringing Mrs Onyiye Angela Anaka (wife) home, which includes the car of ASP Cosmas Ezeofor, led our client, Mr Vincent Okoloneli, to approach Area F Command, where he submitted a petition on “Threat to Life, Character Assassination and Conduct Likely To Cause Breach of Peace.”
“The IPO, named Tina, invited Mrs. Onyinye Angela twice before she showed up. Our client was then called to attend the resolution meeting but was surprised that as he turned up at Area F Command, he was immediately moved into a waiting vehicle to State CID Panti as orchestrated by ASP Cosmas Emeka Ezeofor, who took charge of the case to manipulateintimidateating our client to confiscate his assets in favour of Mrs Onyinye Angela Anaka.
“Our client, Mr. Vincent was detained, tortured and dehumanized leading to head injuries as well as being ordered to pay a bail sum of N1million to free himself.
“While he was in detention at SCID, Panti, ASP Ezeofor led a search party to our client’s new apartment (after his wife forced him out of their matrimonial home). The search party took some of his property including documents, gold chains, wristwatches, bank tellers, and receipts with handcuffs on his hands and leg cuffs. Our client lamented that he was taken to his house in handcuffs like a common criminal while his wife was busy taking his pictures, sending them to his business partners to end his business career. Let’s not forget that the aim of our client was to put a stop to the threat he gets from his wife and her boyfriends and also to preserve his hard-earned property before he was intimidated into being the offender.
“The N1 million bail couldn’t be met as demanded by ASP Cosmas Ezeofor. So he resorted to forceful confiscation of our client’s car for sale by means of coercion and intimidation.
“ASP Cosmas Ezeofor told our client to order his salesman to bring a specific GLK to a customer hiding his identity so as to aid the salesman’s compliance. Mr. Vincent, our client, declined at first but was further beaten while in handcuffs leading to a visible cut on his head. Seeing the result of his resistance, our client gave in to Ezeofor’s demands and also paid N100,000 as part of the bail fine. ASP Ezeofor said he would release the car only if N1m was paid as a bail condition but he didn’t.
“Rather, Ezeofor charged the case to court leading our client to be remanded for three weeks in prison custody based on false allegations. After meeting up with bail conditions in court, he was directed to AMPEF, a human rights body over the violation of his fundamental rights by ASP Ejiofor in connivance with Onyinye Angela Anaka.
“Our client’s demands to have his unregistered Mercedes Benz GLK 2013 valued at N20 million forcefully confiscated and other valuables taken from his apartment which includes his landed documents, his gold chain amounting to N7.8m, his documents, tellers, receipts, international passport.
Note: This matter started in 2021 till date and has gone through several Police channels starting from Area F to State CID Panti, Zone 2 Command, FCIID Alagbon and is presently being addressed by IGP Monitoring Unit Lagos. DC Ayilara of State CID Panti reacted to the petition by AMPEF in 2023 and ordered a full investigation to bring ASP Ezeofor to order but was truncated by the Assistant Commissioner in charge as assigned by DC Ayilara Waheed.”
“Information has it that Mrs Onyinye Angela Anaka throws money around to officers in a bid to truncate justice and has succeeded thus far until the IGP Monitoring Unit in Lagos took over the case and refused any form of backyard settlement.
“All previous police channels the case was registered ended up doing our client’s ex-wife biddings as soon as she shows up with money with the help of ASP Cosmas Ezeofor.
“ASP Cosmas Emeka Ezeofor charged the matter before Yaba Magistrate Court but the magistrate in charge struck out the matter, which Ezeofor was using as an excuse to stop further investigation.”
“We hereby attach CTC of the matter struck out at Yaba Magistrate Court.
DEMANDS:
“Sir, AMPEF, as a human rights body, is asking for your intervention to wade into this matter and bring airing officer, ASP Cosmas Emeka Ezeofor, to book for truncating a case, torture and dehumanization meted out on our client by forcefully collecting personal properties from our client.
“We also urge the commission to order the immediate return of properties taken from our client as well as the removal of such elements from the Nigerian police as they are tarnishing the image of the police.
“Attached with this letter are pictures of our client when tortured by ASP Cosmos Emeka Ejiofor, the unregistered Mercedes Benz GLK 2013, a copy of the gold chain, which is yet to be returned since 2021.
“Sir, please attend to this matter urgently because of the state of our client, who needs justice urgently because of the state of his mind on the horror experience he had suffered at the hands of Onyinye Angela Anaka and ASP Cosmas Ezeofor” Comrade Prince Saviour Iche, President AMPEF stated in the petition to the IGP.”
Source: P.M.EXPRESS
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